SPREITENBACH-KILLWANGEN : SWITZERLAND

*Location:

   Reformierte Kirchgemeindehaus Hasel
     (Kirchliches Zentrum)
   Poststrasse
   Spreitenbach-Killwangen,
     Aargau, Switzerland
   LL: N 47.42924, E 8.35529

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Gemeinde Spreitenbach
   E: info /@/ spreitenbach DOTch

*Schedule:

   Daily at 0900, 1200, 1800 (automatic)

*Remarks:

   Renovated in 1999; computer-controlled.
   At least two bells swing.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range: (A) C C   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1973
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

GCCS photo inside the belfry shows both fixed and swinging bells.

On the church Website (in German) there is a page with the same photo plus a description of the instrument.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Switzerland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 24-Oct-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/10/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/10/22

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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